Comments on: How to Avoid an Express Kidnapping

By: William

William — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:19:45 +0000

Good post. Anybody here for long knows pretty much what you wrote, as do all the locals. No place in Medellin can be called safe but at the same time I feel safe almost all the time. You gotta do things wright. People here have as a regular job doing express kidnappings. Knowing that don’t carry any cards if you dont have to. That is generally what the kidnapping is about. In Guayaquil I rarely felt safe for the 2 little days I was there but heard a lot when I was on the coast and a lot of it revolved around either taxis or atms or inside bank withdrawals. If you don’t take it seriously you can just rely on luck, most people are lucky. Just my opinion 7 months in Medellin and living with the locals and frequenting places they say i shouldn’t go (Prado (bit spooki), San Javier, Lopez Mesa and walking anywhere late at night. William

By: Hal Amen

Hal Amen — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:10:45 +0000

Yeah, weird how “South American countries” was referenced but then the focus is 100% Colombia. Maybe that’s where the author lives / has traveled a lot. An explanation would have been nice.

Two of my friends were abducted in a cab in Arequipa, Peru.

By: ayngelina

ayngelina — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:41:45 +0000

I’m really disappointed in this post, it seems to be link bait and build on the unwarranted fears of Colombia today. I spent 2 months there as a solo female traveler and I was never afraid.